Cognitive Science Helps Formulate Games for Moral Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 181-196
Author(s):  
Neha Khetrapal
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Real World ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Moral Principles

This chapter emphasizes that cognitive science can play a significant role in formulating games for moral education. The chapter advocates an encompassing approach where games should be developed by concentrating on the interaction of users with their contexts. Ethics entail moral principles and ethical decision-making is dependent upon developing cognitive structures. Therefore, while designing games one needs to consider developmental trends and information processing models. The framework developed here further emphasizes the need to develop moral games based upon principles of good games in general. There should also be stringent criteria to gauge the success of the game in real world contexts, especially if these games function as part of a school curriculum for moral education. Finally, the chapter concludes with issues surrounding the implementation of such technologies.

scholarly journals Contemporary investigations of moral intuition in epistemology and cognitive science

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-89
Author(s):  
D.V. Ivanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Moral Intuition ◽  
Epistemic State ◽  
Psychological Process ◽  
Moral Uncertainty

The article is devoted to the analysis and comparison of theories of moral intuition, actively discussed in epistemology and cognitive science in the first two decades of this century. At the beginning of the twentieth century intuitionism was a popular position in ethics. However, already in the middle of the last century this position was rejected by philoso­phers. At the beginning of the new century, we can see a return of interest in the study of in­tuition and its role in ethical decision-making. The main disciplines in which there is an in­crease in the number of studies of moral intuition are primarily cognitive science and epistemology. Approaches to the phenomenon of moral intuition in these disciplines are dif­ferent. Cognitive science, moral psychology, is primarily focused on understanding intu­ition as a psychological process characterized by a specific cognitive role. Epistemology is interested in moral intuition as an epistemic state, in what role it plays in justification of our knowledge of moral facts. However, despite the fact that moral intuition is understood dif­ferently in these disciplines, we can nevertheless highlight common points. The paper notes that the revival of interest in moral intuition is associated largely with the development of research in the field of decision theory, namely the development of a theory of ethical deci­sion-making. Another area of research, with which the study of moral intuition is closely re­lated, is the problem of moral uncertainty.

Imagination, Fantasy, Wishful Thinking and Truth: Life is translation and we are all lost in it. (Clifford Geertz)

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne B. Ciulla
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Wishful Thinking ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Conceptual Schemes ◽  
Clifford Geertz ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Way

In “Moral Imagination and the Search for Ethical Decision-Making,” Patricia H. Werhane observes that people and institutions sometimes do unethical things because they have a narrow perspective on their situation and little in the way of moral imagination. She defines moral imagination as “an ability to imaginatively discern various possibilities for acting in a given situation and to envision the potential help and harm that are likely to result from a given action.” Werhane’s paper focuses on how the conceptual schemes of people and organizations hinder the exercise of moral imagination. She develops two key concepts for understanding moral imagination, memory or moral amnesia and empathy. Both of these give us a better picture of how imagination bridges the gap between moral principles and actions.

Ethical issues

2009 ◽  
pp. 1125-1132
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Professional Code ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Norms And Values

Ethics 1126 Ethical decision making 1128 Nursing codes 1130 Ethical issues in nursing 1131 Ethics is the systematic study of the moral principles of self-conduct. In nursing terms this translates to ‘not what we want to do but what we ought to do’ for our patients, based on our Professional Code of Conduct, norms, and values....

Do moral development levels of the nurses affect their ethical decision making? A descriptive correlational study

2020 ◽  
pp. 147775092093037
Author(s):  
Sümeyye Arslan ◽  
Sinem Türer Öztik ◽  
Nevin Kuzu Kurban
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Moral Development ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Practical Consideration ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Development Levels

Background In the globalizing world, nurses often meet humans from different cultures and values. This fact has led them to make ethical decisions, which do not comply with their own moral jurisdictions at care setting. Objectives The objective of the study was to investigate the relationships between moral development levels of the nurses and their scores of nursing principled thinking and practical consideration during decision making for ethical dilemmas. Methods This was a descriptive correlational study. Nursing Dilemma Test, Moral Development Scale for Professionals and socio-demographic form were used. Study was conducted with 227 nurses. Ethical considerations: An institutional authorization, an ethics approval from non-interventional ethics committee of the respective university, permission from the authors of the scales used and informed consents from the nurses were obtained in order to conduct the study. Results In this study, nurses were found to be at post-conventional level according to Kohlberg’s moral development theory. Sociodemographic and working characteristics of the nurses have not affected their scores of moral development level and their scores of nursing principled thinking, practical consideration and familiarity (p > 0.05). Nurses take attention for moral principles during decision making although not at a desirable level, and they are relatively affected by environmental factors Conclusion Although nurses are familiar with ethical problems at scenarios including ethical dilemmas, they cannot make decisions in accordance with their moral development levels during decision making for ethical dilemmas. Nurses should be instructed and supported for ethical decision making by recognizing factors that may be effective on their decision making.

The psychologist’s role in ethical decision making: Adolescent bariatric surgery.

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin L. Price ◽  
Margaret E. Lee ◽  
Gia A. Washington ◽  
Mary L. Brandt
Keyword(s):  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

The Challenge of Ethical Decision-Making

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Gottlieb ◽  
◽  
Jack R. Sibley
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making
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